Four
The Twig
January 9,1930
Problem of Ima Flopp
My dear Fannie Fix:
I am a girl seventeen years old,
a freshman in college, and would
like for you to tell me what I
should do to make myself popu
lar. I have always admired my
own looks, and, while I know
that the trouble could not be
with them, I’ll describe myself.
I am rather tall, blond, and will
one day be fat if I keep on eating
at the rate I’m going now. I
have beautiful long, straight
hair, for mother has never let
me cut it or ruin it with a per
manent. Another reason for its
beauty is that I don’t wash it
but once every two months; the
oil in it makes it cling so nicely
to my head, and although it does
have a tendency to come down
and fall around my face, that
only gives me a rather impor
tant, hurried look. I never use
anything on my face but some
kind of strong soap and hot
water, for they alone make my
face a lovely shade of red. Moth
er never allowed me to use make
up, and now, just because I’m
away from her, I don’t intend to
ruin my skin with lotions, face
powders, and paint. My eye
brows are thick and wide, and
even though they do meet just
above my nose, I can’t stand to
pluck them, like other girls do
theirs. Mother likes heavy eye
brows, and I intend to keep mine
just as they are—natural look
ing. My teeth, I admit, are not
very pretty, but I tried to have
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them straightened with braces
one time, and they just hurt so
that I decided I’d rather have
crooked teeth than be tortured.
Mother has always told me that
any one who had soft white
hands was lazy. Mine are big
and rough, for I think a girl’s
hands ought to show that she
has been used to washing dishes,
don’t you?
My clothes are just a little
tight and short, but Cousin Liz
zie is smaller than I am, and
since she is good enough to give
me some of hers, I don’t, think
that I should be ungrateful
enough not to wear them. How
ever, I do have a beautiful outfit
to wear to church, that papa
bought me down at the store
just before I came oflf to school.
It is a blue-green satin, made
with four rows of ruffles around
the bottom and a belt that I tie
loosely around the waist and
then pin in the back to keep it
from falling off. With this I
wear my new part-silk stockings
that I bought at the ten-cent
store last week. Of course, I
usually wear lisle stockings, for
they are much warmer and more
practical. Then I finish my out
fit with yellow-tan oxfords, and
a red hat with a feather on it. I
know I don’t look very much
like the other girls, but I like
to be different; and, besides,
papa told me he’d have to sell
the new heifer if I spent very
much money on clothes. He
didn’t send me down here to be
on a dress parade all the time.
But I know you’ll agree that
clothes don’t make the girl, and
that there is nothing wrong with
my appearance. My lack of
popularity must be due to some
thing else, so I’ll tell you more
about myself later. I’ll have to
quit now, for I’m already late for
class. Please be considering my
problem so you can help me find
my faults, if any.
Yours truly,
IMA FLOPP.
THE JESTER
Sophomore: Teachers are
; worse than immigration authori
ties at Ellis Island nowadays.
Alumna: How come?
‘ Sophomore: They’ve swiped
the slogan, “They shall not
pass.”—Ex.
Grace: “Do you know, Ken
neth kissed me twice last night
before I could stop him.”
Greta: “Gracious! What
cheek!”
“Neither! My lips.”
Meet Your Friends
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Students’ Headquarters Since 1900
Miss Johnson: Dorothy, can
you give me any facts of Mil
ton’s life?
Dot Lindsey: He married and
wrote “Paradise Lost”; then his
wife died, and he wrote “Para
dise Regained.”
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E. James: Virginia, what kind
of a dress must I wear to
church?
V. James: Oh, what difference
does it make?
E. James: Well, I wanted to
know whether to wash for a
square neck or a round one.
* * *.
“Yes, me and Bill are in part
nership in this selling game, but
we don’t carry the same goods.”
“Explain yourself.”
“Well, Bill goes around selling
a stove polish that will leave
stain on your fingers, and two
days later I go round with the
only soap that will take it off.”
* * «
Malcolm: What are your views
on kissing?
Joe: I have none. Her hair
always gets in my eyes.
* # *
Gamble: Well, how’s ray girl
this morning?
Edith Range: Just fine,
thanks.
Gamble: Oh, have you seen
her?
lit jif ff
Mr. Carson: This gas is dead
ly. What steps would you take
should it escape?
Lawrence Smith: Long ones.
* * s
What is your son taking at
college?
All I’ve got.
* » *
Lyton: I got 50 on my intelli
gence test.
Abbott: That makes you a
half-wit.
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Guy: Oh, darling! Why did
you ever fall for me?
Mary: I guess your line was
just low enough to trip on.
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First Flea: Where will you
send little Gerald when he grows
up?
Second Flea: Oh, I suppose he
will go to the dogs like his
father.
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Our idea of a dumb-bell is
George, who tried to start the
cuckoo clock by putting in bird
seed.
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Csesar (to his horse when he
would not take his oats): “Eat,
thou brute.”
Alumnae Corrections
(Cnntlnticd from ihiki? three)
Yates), 921 Spring Garden St.,
Greensboro, N. C.
Walton, Edna Earle (Mra. F. L.
Goodman), Kenansvtlle, N. C.
Wilkinson, Rachel (Mrs. L. B.
Raper), Cary, N. C.
CInss of 1020
Alderman, Mary Elizabeth (Mrs.
H. D, Dobson), Alcolu, S. C.
Allen, Louise Brute (Mrs. Wm.
Ihrie Farrell), Troy, N. C.
Earnhardt, Pearl (Mrs. Joe B.
Kesler), Salisbury, N, C.
Barnwell, Daisy Belle, Nurses'
Home, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Bal
timore. Md. Home address, Bdney-
ville, N. C.
Braswell, Oleene, Severn, N. C.
Home address, Wingate, N. C.
Bruce, Ruth, 170 Cumberland
Ave., Asheville, N. C. Home address,
Mars Hill, N. C.
Cooke, Katherine Louise (Mrs. G.
E, Joyner), Rocky Mount, N. C.
Dail, Katie Evelyn (Mrs. Hugh
Parham), Oxford, N. C.
Dale, Ira Bertha (Mrs. J. P. Sed-
berry), Cleveland, Ohio.
Davis, Crystal (Mrs. James M. Pot
ter), Box 764, High Point, N. 0.
Holloway, Inez (Mrs. W. G. Batts),
Wisteria Mansion, 805 11th and
Mass. Ave., N. W., Washington,
D. C.
Eagles, Margaret Lucile, Salisbury,
N. C. Home address, Walstonburg,
N. C.
Jackson, Bessie, 418% N. Elm St.,
Greensboro, N. C.
Lineberry, Margaret Elizabeth,
Box 311, Wake Forest, N. C. Home
address, State School for Blind, Ra
leigh. N. C.
Newton, Theresa Agnes, Chad-
bourn, N. C. Home address, Kerr,
N. C.
Poole, Mildred Louise (Mrs. Robt.
R. Trevathan), 1360 Dauphin St.,
Mobile, Ala.
Shields, Katherine (Mrs. J. L.
, Whitehead), Wilson, N. C.
1 Tucker, Margaret Cone (Mrs. W.
! T. Thomas), 194 Marshall Terrace,
I Danville, Va.
I Waller, Lois. Raeford, N. C. Home
address, Oxford, N. C.
CItws or 1037
Andrews, Mabel Lucile, 422 E.
Russell St.. High Point, N. C.
Ayscue, Mary Annabel, 111 At
lantic Ave., Rocky Mount, N. C.
Home address, Carthage, N. C.
Benthal, Geneva. Scotland Neck,
N. C. Home address. Woodland,
N. C.
Diggers, Mary Frances, Brevard,
N. C. Home address, Mars Hill, N. C.
Brewer. Mamie Leona, Marshville,
N. C., Box 4. Ilome address, Win
gate, N. C.
Daniels, Mellle Pender (Mrs. W. R.
Pearce), Wake Forest, N. C.
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From freshman’s science pa
pers :
The earth makes a resolution
every twenty-four hours.
The difference be.t,veen air
and water is that air can be
made wetter and water cannot.
We are now the masters of
steam and eccentricity.
Things that are equal to each
other are equal to everything
'jlse.
Gravity is chiefiy noticeable in
the autumn, when the apples are
falling from the trees.
The axis of the earth is an
imaginary line on which the
earth takes its daily routine.
A parallel straight line is one
which if produced to meet itself
does not meet.
Electricity and lightning are
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